The postal service will provide non-professional foreign workers (E-9 visa holders) entering joint training centers with necessary items like medicine and food kits to facilitate their transition. (Image courtesy of the Korea Post)
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Post, which operates under the Ministry of Science and ICT, will collaborate with Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard until the end of the year to help foreign workers in the shipbuilding industry adjust to life in South Korea, the agency announced on May 6.
The postal service will provide non-professional foreign workers (E-9 visa holders) entering joint training centers with necessary items like medicine and food kits to facilitate their transition. It will also guide them on affordable mobile phone services to address difficulties activating phones upon arrival.
Additionally, Korea Post will inform the workers about its services like check cards, international money transfers, and discounted EMS international mail.
On May 2, employees from the Geoje post office visited around 20 foreign workers undergoing specialized training at the shipyard. They briefed the workers on services like affordable mobile plans and provided gifts to support their adjustment to South Korea.
“I’m grateful the post office came directly to create accounts and cards for us and inform us about EMS discounts for sending items home,” said a worker from Indonesia. “Life in Korea feels unfamiliar, but the post office’s assistance is really helpful.”
“Beyond the shipbuilding industry, we will also actively support and inform various workforces already employed about using our postal services,” said Cho Hae-keun, head of Korea Post.
M. H. Lee (mhlee@koreabizwire.com)
